Marcos Baghdatis

Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis at the US Open in 2016
Nation:	Cyprus
Birthday:	June 17, 1985
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	82 kg
1st professional season:	2003
Resignation:	2019
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Pablo Perez
Prize money:	$ 8,827,549
singles
Career record:	348: 273
Career title:	4th
Highest ranking:	8 (August 21, 2006)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	50:62
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	93 (January 7, 2008)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Marcos Baghdatis ( Greek Μάρκος Παγδατής - Márkos Pagdatís ; born June 17, 1985 in Limassol ) is a former Cypriot tennis player .

Career

Baghdatis moved to Paris at the age of 13 and trained there at a tennis academy. In 2003 he was the best junior player in the world - among other things, he won the junior competition at the Australian Open in 2003 - and, like in 2002, he reached the final of the US Open .

In 2005 he reached his first final at an ATP tournament at the Swiss Indoors in Basel and was the first representative of his country to make it into the top 100 in the world rankings .

His greatest success was reaching the finals in 2006 at the Australian Open , during which he prevailed against the seeded players Andy Roddick (number 2), Ivan Ljubičić (7) and David Nalbandian (4) , among others . In the final he had to admit defeat to world number one Roger Federer 7: 5, 5: 7, 0: 6, 2: 6. For the first time in his career, Baghdatis was among the top 30 players in the world. He played his most spectacular match at the US Open in 2006 when he met Andre Agassi in the second round . In a very competitive game, Agassi won in five sets.

Baghdatis delivered another spectacular match in 2007 in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon with Novak Đoković . The encounter lasted a full five hours, Baghdatis finally lost 6: 7, 6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 4 and 5: 7.

The 2010 season began for him with a tournament victory in Sydney . In the final he defeated Richard Gasquet 6: 4 and 7: 6.

Baghdatis attracted particular attention at the Australian Open 2012 . During the second round game against Stanislas Wawrinka (6: 7, 4: 6, 7: 5, 1: 6) he smashed four tennis rackets in a short time out of anger over a lost service game. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, he led the Cypriot delegation as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

In 2019 he resigned from professional sport after his second round loss to Matteo Berrettini at Wimbledon .

effect

Baghdatis is a folk hero in his native Cyprus . His entry into the final of the Australian Open in 2006 caused enormous euphoria and a tennis boom. According to a poll before the tournament, Baghdatis was the second best-known person in Cyprus after then-President Tassos Papadopoulos . Also unique are his fans, who loudly support him during his games, as is usually the case at football matches . Due to its great popularity, the Cypriot government decided to exempt Baghdatis from compulsory military service .

Private

Marcos Baghdatis is the son of a Greek Orthodox father who comes from Lebanon . His mother Androula is Greek from Cyprus . His father Christos moved to Cyprus after meeting Androula. The parents own a clothing store in Paramytha , a small village near Limassol . Marcos has three siblings, sister Zena and two older brothers, Marinos and Petros, who have also played for Cyprus in the Davis Cup . Baghdatis is a devout Christian , he crosses himself before every game. He is married to the former Croatian tennis player Karolina Šprem , with whom he has a daughter. In 2015 a second daughter was born.

successes

Legend Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (5) ATP Challenger Tour (11)

Title after covering Hard Court (3) Sand (0) Lawn (0) Carpet (1)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	17th September 2006	Beijing	Hard court	Mario Ančić	6: 4, 6: 0
2.	February 4, 2007	Zagreb	Hard court (i)	Ivan Ljubičić	7: 6 4 , 4: 6, 6: 4
3.	October 25, 2009	Stockholm	Carpet (i)	Olivier Rochus	6: 1, 7: 5
4th	January 16, 2010	Sydney	Hard court	Richard Gasquet	6: 4, 7: 6 2

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 24, 2004	Bolton	Hard court (i)	Peter Wessels	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 2
2.	November 14, 2004	Bratislava	Hard court (i)	Dominik Hrbatý	7: 6 4 , 7: 6 3
3.	July 3, 2005	Pozoblanco	Hard court	Alejandro Falla	6: 3, 6: 3
4th	August 9, 2009	Vancouver (1)	Hard court	Xavier Malisse	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	September 13, 2009	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence	Hard court	Xavier Malisse	6: 4, 6: 1
6th	October 18, 2009	Tashkent	Hard court	Denis Istomin	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 3
7th	June 8, 2014	Nottingham	race	Marinko Matosevic	6: 4, 6: 3
8th.	3rd August 2014	Vancouver (2)	Hard court	Farrux Do'stov	7: 6 6 , 6: 3
9.	August 10, 2014	Aptos	Hard court	Mikhail Kukushkin	7: 6 7 , 6: 4
10.	2nd November 2014	Geneva	Hard court	Michał Przysiężny	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 3
11.	17th March 2019	Shenzhen	Hard court	Stefano Napolitano	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 30, 2005	Basel	Carpet (i)	Fernando González	7: 6 10 , 3: 6, 5: 7, 4: 6
2.	January 29, 2006	Australian Open	Hard court	Roger Federer	7: 5, 5: 7, 0: 6, 2: 6
3.	February 18, 2007	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Gilles Simon	4: 6, 6: 7 3
4th	June 17, 2007	Hall	race	Tomáš Berdych	5: 7, 4: 6
5.	August 8, 2010	Washington	Hard court	David Nalbandian	2: 6, 6: 7 4
6th	October 24, 2010	Moscow	Hard court (i)	Viktor Troicki	6: 3, 4: 6, 3: 6
7th	October 2, 2011	Kuala Lumpur	Hard court (i)	Janko Tipsarevic	4: 6, 5: 7
8th.	2nd August 2015	Atlanta	Hard court	John Isner	3: 6, 3: 6
9.	February 27, 2016	Dubai	Hard court	Stan Wawrinka	4: 6, 6: 7 13
10.	October 1, 2017	Cheng you	Hard court	Denis Istomin	2: 3 up.

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	5th February 2012	Zagreb	Hard court (i)	Mikhail Juschny	Ivan Dodig Mate Pavic	6: 2, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 6, 2008	Chennai	Hard court	Marc Gicquel	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4: 6, 5: 7
2.	May 5, 2013	Munich	sand	Eric Butorac	Jarkko Nieminen Dmitri Tursunow	1: 6, 4: 6

Balance at Grand Slam tournaments

singles

Tournament 1	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	total
Australian Open	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	3R	2R	3R	3R	AF	3R	2R	F.	AF	-	-	-	-	-	F.
French Open	1R	1R	-	2R	-	1R	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	AF	2R	1R	-	-	-	-	-	AF
Wimbledon	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	3R	3R	1R	-	AF	VF	HF	1R	-	-	-	-	-	HF
US Open	2R	1R	AF	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	-	-	1R	2R	1R	2R	-	-	-	-	3R
Individual titles won	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th
Overall wins / defeats 2	3: 4	18:17	26:23	26:19	7:11	15:22	35:25	28:27	43:27	23:16	14:12	48:22	37:20	11:12	2: 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	335: 257
Year-end position	(107)	107	46	46	85	86	36	44	20th	42	100	16	12	56	153	179	1066	1379	1182	N / A

Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1R, 2R, 3R = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round or Q1, Q2, Q3 = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd qualifying round

¹ tournament result in brackets means that the player has not yet finished the tournament; it shows its current tournament status. After the player finishes the tournament, the bracket is removed.
² As of the end of the 2017 season

Web links

Commons : Marcos Baghdatis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Marcos Baghdatis (English)
• ITF profile of Marcos Baghdatis (English)
• Davis Cup Statistics for Marcos Baghdatis (English)
• Marcos Baghdatis in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Baghdatis smashes four tennis rackets. In: spiegel.de. January 18, 2012, accessed January 11, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Marcos Baghdatis: A Smile & A Career Fans Won't Soon Forget. In: atptour.com. July 4, 2019, accessed July 5, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Christian Schwell: Baghdatis gives the fans everything to say goodbye. In: mytennis.info. July 5, 2019, accessed July 6, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Baghdatis sensational in the final. In: sportlive.at. January 26, 2006, accessed July 6, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Akshay Kohli: Marcos Baghdatis and Carolina Sprem become parents again! In: tennisworldusa.org. December 19, 2015, accessed January 11, 2017 .